Building project dependent on glib fails on lts-7.8 and later after Cabal becomes 1.24.1.0.
Steps to reproduce
Add glib to a project's .cabal file
build-depends: base , gtktest , glib
Run following commands
stack install gtk2hs-buildtools stack build
Result
The following error occurred
...
[debug] Ignoring package Cabal due to wanting version 1.24.1.0 instead of 1.24.0.0
@(Stack\Build\Installed.hs:196:5)
...
-- While building package glib-0.13.4.1 using:
C:\Users\foo\AppData\Local\Programs\stack\x86_64-windows\ghc-8.0.1\bin\ghc.EXE --make -odir C:\Users\foo\AppData\Local\Temp\stack5512\glib-0.13.4.1\.stack-work\dist\b7fec021\setup -hidir C:\Users\foo\AppData\Local\Temp\stack5512\glib-0.13.4.1\.stack-work\dist\b7fec021\setup -i -i. -package=Cabal-1.24.0.0 -clear-package-db -global-package-db -package-db=C:\sr\snapshots\a78c6a89\pkgdb C:\Users\foo\AppData\Local\Temp\stack5512\glib-0.13.4.1\Setup.hs -o C:\Users\foo\AppData\Local\Temp\stack5512\glib-0.13.4.1\.stack-work\dist\b7fec021\setup\setup
Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1
Logs have been written to: C:\Users\foo\Documents\Files\Haskell\gtktest\.stack-work\logs\glib-0.13.4.1.log
[1 of 1] Compiling Main ( C:\Users\foo\AppData\Local\Temp\stack5512\glib-0.13.4.1\Setup.hs, C:\Users\foo\AppData\Local\Temp\stack5512\glib-0.13.4.1\.stack-work\dist\b7fec021\setup\Main.o )
C:\Users\foo\AppData\Local\Temp\stack5512\glib-0.13.4.1\Setup.hs:8:29: error:
Couldn't match expected type ‘Distribution.Simple.UserHooks.UserHooks’
with actual type ‘Cabal-1.24.1.0:Distribution.Simple.UserHooks.UserHooks’
NB: Cabal-1.24.1.0:Distribution.Simple.UserHooks.UserHooks’
is defined in ‘Distribution.Simple.UserHooks’
in package ‘Cabal-1.24.1.0’
‘Distribution.Simple.UserHooks.UserHooks’
is defined in ‘Distribution.Simple.UserHooks’
in package ‘Cabal-1.24.0.0’
In the first argument of ‘defaultMainWithHooks’, namely
gtk2hsUserHooks’
In the expression: defaultMainWithHooks gtk2hsUserHooks
In an equation for ‘main’:
main = defaultMainWithHooks gtk2hsUserHooks
I thought that Cabal-1.24.0.0 in the ghc-8.0.1 global package was causing problems, and succeeded building it after installing Cabal-1.24.1.0 in ghc 's global package.
However, this method is difficult for beginners and I do not think the right solution. How is the correct way to solve it?
Stack version
Version 1.2.0, Git revision 123819b7d65df2ad7fe63fb5eb39a98536acb5f3 (4055 commits) x86_64 hpack-0.14.0